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f1refly··on EU-Backed DNS Resolver Collects Pirate Site Blocklist, Which It Doesn't Use
Way better situation than what we currently have in Germany where all major providers block whatever the content lobby feels like that day
f1refly··on Epic celebrates "the end of the Apple Tax" after court win in iOS payments case
It's only a real "App-Store" if it has arbitrary restrictions and you must pay fees to a company, obviously.
f1refly··on Pebble Watch software is now open source
"Not needing binary blobs" would be a start, wouldn't it?
f1refly··on GCC 16 considering changing default to C++20
Right? I hope it never goes away, we should make the web more fun instead of sad and clean!
f1refly··on Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux kernel?
I bet he's keeping it on some shelf because he think it's cute like only a true sicko would do
f1refly··on The effect of deactivating Facebook and Instagram on users' emotional state
"Why don't people just stop taking heroin"
f1refly··on Sixos: A nix OS without systemd [video]
Usually, it's the distributions problem to package software. You as a software developer publish documentation on how to build your application and then simply wait for other people to do the packaging for you. The creation of services is the same, you can maybe create a recommendation, but the service definition is part of the package file and thus not your problem.
f1refly··on The Origins of Wokeness
That book exists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Being_Right
f1refly··on Ending our third party fact-checking program and moving to Community Notes model
Vineyards are ripped up because they have become unprofitable due to decreased alcohol consumption in general. I'm not sure that has much to do with Americanization.
f1refly··on uBlock Origin GPL code being stolen by team behind honey browser extension
Laws are just made up by people, we can make up new ones if we want.
f1refly··on Microsoft will soon let you clone your voice for Teams meetings
Why? Microsoft is a proven bad actor while the startup might have good people of you're lucky.
f1refly··on GNU Artanis 1.0.0 Released
What's not to like?
f1refly··on How good are American roads?
It's also a legal taboo, fyi
f1refly··on The withering dream of a cheap American electric car
Maybe because PHEV are a really dumb idea? You're lugging around two complete powertrains the whole time, a massive waste of energy!
f1refly··on A near impossible literacy test Louisiana used to suppress the black vote
A that point you might as well flip off whoever it is you're grading, and I get that this is the point of the test, but it's hardly the questions fault. The question has one clear answer.
f1refly··on Please stop putting cookie pop-ups on your website (2022)
it's like when we "found out" leaded gasoline is bad for every living being on the planet. the whole automotive industry and its associates really didn't want to change, but at the end of the day life goes on. maybe one day we'll be able to have an internet that is not financed by mass surveillance enabled psychological abuse.
f1refly··on Please stop putting cookie pop-ups on your website (2022)
> - Browsers would come with the no tracking signal enabled by default (why wouldn't they?) so that tracking would become opt-in.

> - Nobody chooses to be tracked.

> - The whole industry built on tracking users collapses, namely advertisement

> - Web sites who based their business model on advertisement go under

This seems like the perfect outcome to me, but I doubt we'll be this lucky

f1refly··on The Lego Great Ball Contraption
Fischertechnik is a great engineering gateway drug for kids
f1refly··on Things I've learned building a modern TUI Framework (2022)
We have -L though, isn't that kind of what you're looking for?
f1refly··on The Linux desktop is self-destructive
That's all stuff the systems package manager handles for you, no need to touch any package versions manually ever.
f1refly··on Polyfill supply chain attack hits 100K+ sites
I think for some reason some people still buy cisco products, so this reasoning doesn't seem to be applicable to the real world.
f1refly··on Your dishwasher is better than you think (tips, tricks, and how they work)
Most dishwashers can be programmed to operate on half loads, making them viable even for single house holds
f1refly··on I'm forking Ladybird and stepping down as SerenityOS BDFL
Chromeos under the hood is just Linux
f1refly··on How Waymo outlasted the competition and made robo-taxis a real business
Mercedes takes liability for it. That's their marketing pitch for the feature.
f1refly··on I love my wife. My wife is dead (1946)
I think you can just ask your doctor for them? Why would someone deny you your own medical records?
f1refly··on Tesla's Sales in Europe Fall to a 15-Month Low
I believe Mercedes takes full responsibility for its self driving cars while Tesla will still disengage autopilot like 1 second before impact and claim it's the drivers fault? Essentially, drivers legally have to be on full alert at all times in a Tesla while they can kick back and watch a movie during the ride in a Mercedes.
f1refly··on Exposure therapy for arachnophobia can benefit unrelated fears, study finds
As someone with fear of both heights and tarantulas, where would the covering take place if I where to take part in it?
f1refly··on German state moving 30k PCs to LibreOffice
This was probably completely, utterly unrelated to the migration of the german Microsoft HQ to Munich at that time and there was no corruption involved at all.
f1refly··on Washington's Lottery forced to pull site after creating AI porn of lotto user
True, I didn't even notice. What a weird way to present this.
f1refly··on Discord to Start Showing Ads for Gamers to Boost Revenue
Not having a ton of debt with the sole purpose to capture a critical mass you can later milk due to network effects would be a start.
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